The Preventable Risk Integrated ModEl and Its Use to Estimate the Health Impact of Public Health Policy Scenarios by Peter Scarborough, Richard A. Harrington, Anja Mizdrak, Lijuan Marissa Zhou, Aiden Doherty

“…The PRIME (Preventable Risk Integrated ModEl) is an openly available NCD scenario model that estimates the effect of population-level changes in diet, physical activity, and alcohol and tobacco consumption on NCD mortality. …”
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HIV, smoking, and the brain: a convergence of neurotoxicities by Benjamin L. Orlinick, Shelli F. Farhadian

“…Both HIV and tobacco smoking are known to have neurotoxic effects and have the potential for clinically significant impacts on brain health and cognitive functioning. …”
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Oral-malodor measurement and intention to quit smoking in men: A before–after study by Naoko Yatabe, Takashi Hanioka, Nao Suzuki, Atsushi Shimazu, Marie Naito

“…Introduction Few studies have examined the effect of feedback based on oralmalodor measurements on the motivation to quit smoking. …”
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Relationship between parental smoking and adolescent smoking: gender differences and mediation of resilience by Yi Liu, Ling Li, Zhangming Chen, Silan Ren, Ruini He, Yudiao Liang, Youguo Tan, Xu Shao, Shanshan Chen, Xiaogang Chen, Jinsong Tang, Yanhui Liao

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Smokeless, not harmless: Understanding Naswar's cardiovascular risks in the northwestern Pakistan by Ihsanur Rahman, Fayaz Ahmad, Naveed Sadiq

“…World Health Organization also expresses the need for further studies to thoroughly understand effects of different SLT products on CAD across various populations. …”
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The impact of chronic disease diagnoses on smoking behavior change and maintenance: Evidence from China by Xinxin Chi, Xihua Liu, Cong Li, Wen Jiao

“…Introduction Managing chronic diseases and tobacco use is a formidable challenge in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with limited health literacy and access to quality healthcare. …”
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Timing of dietary effects on the epigenome and their potential protective effects against toxins by Lynnea A. Nicholls, Kendall A. Zeile, London D. Scotto, Rebecca J. Ryznar

“…This narrative review explores how to best utilize dietary modifications to modify the epigenome to protect future generations against negative health effects of persistent environmental toxins. …”
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The causal relationship of cigarette smoking to metabolic disease risk and the possible mediating role of gut microbiota by Jingda Zhang, Lin Hou, Shanxiang Lei, Yan Li, Guogang Xu

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Digital Health Solutions for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Systematic Review by Yihan Qi, Emma Mohamad, Arina Anis Azlan, Chenglin Zhang, Yilian Ma, Anqi Wu

“…Digital health solutions offer potential for CVD prevention; yet, their effectiveness in covering the full range of prevention strategies is uncertain. …”
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Vaping Epidemic in Pakistan: A Silently Emerging Public Health Concern by Farhan Muhammad Qureshi, Samira Faiz Bari, Syeda Sehrish Zehra

“…Recently, use of VPs has grown exponentially especially among teenagers and adolescent population thus making it an emerging public health issue of Pakistan. Considering a less harmful tobacco substitute, there has been a massive rise in vaping prevalence not only in traditional smokers but in not or never smokers 3. …”
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Positive Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Measures on Healthcare by Hung Eun Hoo, Hong Chuan Loh, Alan Swee Hock Ch’ng, Fan Kee Hoo, Irene Looi

“…The abrupt emergence of COVID-19 has also led to a massive societal shift on tobacco smoking cessation. Smokers are compelled to reflect on the harmful effects of cigarette smoking in relation to COVID-19. …”
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Usage, knowledge and attitudes towards electronic cigarettes use among nursing students in Croatia: a cross-sectional study by Leopold Kajan, Livia Puljak, Ivica Matić, Mario Marendić, Sanja Zoranić, Kata Ivanišević, Dijana Majstorović, Zrinka Puharić, Nataša Skitarelić, Marijana Neuberg, Ivana Barać, Snježana Čukljek, Marta Čivljak

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Association Between GABRG2 and Self-Rating of the Effects of Alcohol in a French Young Adult Sample by Moe JS, Bramness JG, Bolstad I, Mørland JG, Gorwood P, Ramoz N

“…Jenny Skumsnes Moe,1,2 Jørgen G Bramness,1– 4 Ingeborg Bolstad,1,5 Jørg Gustav Mørland,3,6 Philip Gorwood,7,8 Nicolas Ramoz7,8 1Research Center for Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illness, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Brumunddal, Norway; 2Institute for Clinical Medicine, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; 3Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; 4Section for Clinical Addiction Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 5Department of Health and Social Science, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway; 6Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; 7Université Paris Cité, Inserm U1266, Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), Team Vulnerability of Psychiatric and Addictive Disorders, Paris, France; 8GHU PARIS Psychiatrie & Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, CMME, Paris, FranceCorrespondence: Jenny Skumsnes Moe, Research Center for Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illness, Innlandet Hospital Trust, P.O. …”
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COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF RATIONAL ANTIBIOTIC USAGE AMONG NON-PHYSICIAN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND LAY INDIVIDUALS by Ersan Gürsoy, Mehmet Vatansever

“…It was found that demographic characteristics such as gender, age, marital status, education level, income level, and tobacco and alcohol consumption had no significant effect on attitudes towards antibiotic use. …”
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Detrimental effects of cadmium on male infertility: A review by Nebojša Zečević, Jovana Kocić, Milan Perović, Aleksandar Stojsavljević

“…Infertility has become a serious health and socio-economic-psychological problem globally. …”
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Genetic evidence for the causal effects of air pollution on the risk of respiratory diseases by Yanjuan Wu, Yuting Zhang, Jingcun Wang, Qiming Gan, Xiaofen Su, Sun Zhang, Yutong Ding, Xinyan Yang, Nuofu Zhang, Kang Wu

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The effect of active and passive smoking during pregnancy on birth outcomes: A cohort study in Shanghai by Xiaokai Wang, Xia Gao, De Chen, Xuelian Chen, Qingwei Li, Jiani Ding, Fangyuan Yu, Xiaoyun Zhu, Nannan Zhang, Yifang Chen

“…Introduction China is the largest tobacco consumer in the world, and tobacco poses a serious threat to the health of pregnant women. …”
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The use of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans in the investigation of the adverse effects of electronic cigarettes by Kamila Melnikov, Alžbeta Kaiglová, Soňa Kucharíková

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Effective interventions to prevent youth vaping behaviours: a rapid review by Ana Paula Belon, Laura Nieuwendyk, Tasha Allen, Melissa Worrell, Candace I J Nykiforuk

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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Smoking in Ecuadorian Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases by Elsy Labrada González, Angélica Victoria Martínez Herrera, Manuel Conrado Ezcurdia Bárzaga

“…There are numerous therapeutic proposals from different health disciplines with the aim of facilitating the transition from habitual consumption to quitting tobacco. …”
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